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Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks

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1976 (50 years old)

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Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks – nicknamed the Blue Sharks – are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One. The team is the rugby team of architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm Shimizu, based in Chūō in Tokyo.

The team was created in 1976 as the rugby union team for Shimizu Corporation. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Shimizu Blue Sharks was allocated to the second tier Top East League. They were relegated after the 2007–08 season, and played in lower leagues for a decade. They won promotion back for the 2017–18 season, where they secured a fourth-place finish. The following season, they won the competition, and also won their promotion play-off match against Chugoku Red Regulions to be promoted to the Top Challenge League for 2019.

The team rebranded as Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.


Team Members

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Wage
-	Coenie Van Wyk	South Africa	Fly-half	-
-	Ed Holmes	England	Lock	-
-	Eiya Miyazaki	Japan	Winger	-
-	Essendon Tuitupou	New Zealand	Winger	-
-	Fumiya Mato	Japan	Prop	-
-	Haruki Matsudo	Japan	Back row	-
-	Hayden Cripps	New Zealand	Fly-half	-
-	Johnny Kôtze	South Africa	Center	-
-	Josh Basham	England	Back row	-
-	Kaito Tamori	Japan	Hooker	-
-	Kayne Hammington	New Zealand	Scrum-half	-
-	Koyo Adachi	Japan	Lock	-
-	Lima Sopoaga	New Zealand	Fly-half	-
-	Michael Toloke	New Zealand	Back row	-
-	Murphy Taramai	New Zealand	Back row	-
-	Naoki Moriya	Japan	Full-back	-
-	Naomichi Tatekawa	Japan	Hooker	-
-	Noah Foster	New Zealand	Winger	-
-	Reijiro Usui	Japan	Scrum-half	-
-	Ryo Sato	Japan	Back row	-
-	Ryota Saito	Japan	Prop	-
-	Sanshiro Nomura	Japan	Prop	-
-	Siale Piutau	Tonga	Center	-
-	Soichiro Kuwata	Japan	Fly-half	-
-	Suguru Hidaka	Japan	Lock	-
-	Tatsuhiro Ozaki	Japan	Full-back	-
-	Tatsuya Kanetsuki	Japan	Scrum-half	-
-	Terrence Hepetema	England	-	-
-	Tom Rowe	New Zealand	Lock	-
-	Uha Lee	Japan	Prop	-
-	Yasuyuki Yamamoto	Japan	Hooker	-
-	Yutaro Shirako	Japan	Back row	-

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